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Writopia Gets Kids to Tell Their Stories

Providing motivation, encouragement, and space to write can change lives.

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1968 Village Voice article by Richard Goldstein about the student revolt at Columbia University

Protest Archives

Insurrection at Columbia: The Groovy Revolution

“The rebels arrived, in an uneasy coalition of hip, black, and leftist militants. They wanted to make Columbia more like home. So they ransacked files, shoved furniture around, plastered walls with paint and placards”

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On Donald Barr, “The Captain Queeg of Dalton School”

"As one of the old trustees said, 'When we hired him we didn't know we were getting a dictator,' "

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Baruch Invited the CIA to Recruit on Campus, and Faculty Are Steamed

Students and professors alike say that CUNY should stand for educating the people, not helping suppress them worldwide

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Education

The School Battle That Launched Cynthia Nixon’s Political Career

Seventeen years ago, a kindergarten class lacked teaching aides while a budget war raged. One HBO star–turned–parent helped lead the protests.

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Protest Archives

NYU Students Say School Official Threatened Their Financial Aid Over Protests

School officials say they were just warning parents of possible consequences of suspension

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Education

How a Chinatown School Is Bringing Diversity to Theater

A program founded by a former Broadway star is part of a growing movement to introduce students to theater at younger ages 

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Education

New Schools Chancellor Quits in Middle of Acceptance Speech

“What the heck just happened?”

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Bronx School Stabbing Shows How NYC’s War on Bullying Has Failed

Despite “zero tolerance” policy, few cases of harassment end up being reported to school officials

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

City Finally Does Something About Students Ashamed to Eat School Lunch

DOE’s new universal free lunch policy hailed for eliminating “poverty stigma”

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